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Issue 136: God jul!

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Issue 136: God jul!

Advent Calendar Newsletter #24

Viktoria Wågert
Dec 24, 2022
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God jul! Merry Christmas! Happy holidays! As you probably have noticed, the Swedish word for Christmas doesn’t mention Christ or Christianity. When the Christian holiday Christmas arrived in the Nordic countries, it took over the name jul from an earlier tradition of gluttony in the middle of winter. "Drinking jul" was mentioned already from the 10t…

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